Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Sumitomo Dainippon Operating Profit Plummets 50% on Drug Price Cut, Generic Erosions
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma suffered a plunge of over 50% in the first half of FY2018 as its Japan revenue was battered by the April 2018 drug price revision and relentless generic inroads, the company said on October 30. In April-September,…
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